Travelog for: Freya

Hello Mommy & Daddy,

today we did a walk in an urban park near the station Gleisdreieck. This park is really new and not everything is opened yet.
Here we found an old watch tower from the time when Germany was divided.


We spent a lot of time watching the yellow metro... It's a great place where you can see it, because normally it's going underground.


Yours
Freya

Hey Mom,

we spent this beautiful day walking along the old elevated dump. The sun was shining so bright!

Freya

Night cruise through the city Dessau...

Hei Mommy + Daddy,

we made a trip by train!
At this time of the year the countryside looks really boring.



We saw some interesting trains...


...lost stations...


...the river Mulde...


...and passed a small city named Bitterfeld.


Our destination was Halle/Saale. It's a very important economy and education-center in east Germany. The University of Halle-Wittenberg is the biggest university in Saxony-Anhalt and one of the oldest Universities in Germany.
As our host had something to do in the city we had a little bit time to walk around.

We noticed LOTS of all kind of towers everywhere!
This is the Leipzig Tower (Leipziger Turm). It was built in the 15th century and remains of the town wall in the south of the city centre.


The Red Tower (Roter Turm) in front of me was originally built as campanile of the older St. Mary's Church between 1418 and 1503 and is a famous landmark of Halle. I hope you can see it as I'm standing next to the church.


The Market Church of St. Mary (Marktkirche) was built in 1529–1554 while using elements of two medieval churches: St. Gertrude's Church dating back to the 11th century and the older St. Mary's Church from the 12th Century. The church has four steeples, the two western octagonal ones are called Blue Towers because of their dark blue slate roofing. The other two Hausmannstürme are connected by a bridge and on this bridge was the fire watch. The church owns as well the original death-mask of Martin Luther.
The Marktkirche's four towers and the city's nearby Roter Turm (Red Tower) are a landmark symbol of the city and marking the city’s silhouette.
We also stopped at the Christmas market which is placed around the Red Tower, directly on the market square.


Your little
Freya

This evening we visited another Christmas market. This time we went to Dessau. Believe me, the red wine blueberry punch was sooo delicious!

Freya

Hey Mommy & Daddy,

there's so much to do during the days before Christmas!

We jumped into the car to go shopping... all the stuff we needed, like food...














Freya

Hey Mom + Dad,

it's just 1 day left until Christmas!
So we jumped in the car, enjoyed the beautiful sky and went shopping...just something to eat for the next days!







Freya

It's CHRISTMAS!!!

In the evening we heard some "HOHOHO"... Who is it?!


Santa!!! He arrived with his sleigh and Rudolph (the reindeer). We were so excited! His sleigh was full of presents.


He gave all of us a present! And Rudolph started to eat Santa's birch. Little hungry reindeer...


Look at our presents... handbags!


When Santa saw that we were happy Toyvoyagers he and Rudolph left. There were some more Toyvoyagers waiting for him.


We are a pretty gang!


Freya

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We didn't really celebrate last night because our host had to work, but we got some lovely drinks.

Anyway, today we did a small tour by car again and saw the sun going down. Nice!

Hey Mommy,

today we found some stuff from Australia on the floor: souvenirs and sweets. Somebody left a present for us.


Then we heard a voice, turned around and saw Squab who's back from his journey to Sydney and Melbourne.


We hugged him a lot. It's also the goodbye-hug for Big foot and Troot.


Freya

Hey Mommy and Daddy,

we fed the birds today! Look what beautiful house they got. I could imagine to have one like this for myself.


Then we walked just a few meters and saw such an amazing sunset! Sorry you missed it!



Your little Freya

Hello Mommy & Daddy,

it was an amazing day today! Guess what?! Alex invited me to a Japanese restaurant! Is this what you humans call a date?


First I had to choose from the menu. This wasn't easy! But the cook was a nice guy and translated everything to me. Alex could read the menu, he has been here before.



For the first course we got some rice and something creamy.


For the second course we got a plate full of different stuff. This was so delicious! I think it was the best restaurant I've ever been.


When we left, the cook waved us goodbye.


Freya

A lovely hello to my family!

I went to the village of Britz which is in the south of Berlin.
There I visited Britz castle which is the former manor-house of the historical country estate and village Britz. The house is a museum demonstrating splendid interiors of the Gründerzeit era. The manorial park is also well preserved with its mature trees and its 1890s system of trails. In 1997 the park was honored with the German Gustav-Meyer-Price award for the accuracy and historic authenticity of the reconstruction.
The 1,8 hectares sized park of the manor stands out as an example of the three hundred continuous history of the Schloss Britz.

And look, I was sitting on a plant next to a lake!












Your little
Freya

Hello Mom & Dad,

today we enjoyed the snow! Everything is white!




Freya

Hello Mommy and Daddy,

look this is a view over Berlin!
Ok there's not so much to see. The skyscraper is called "Zoofenster", because you can see the animals in the zoo when you rent a room there. It has 32 floors and a height of 118 m. The building was finished in 2012 and in the higher floors is the famous hotel Waldorf Astoria located.

Freya